ABSOLUTE VALUE AND SOLVING ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUATIONS

What's a way to define absolute value?

• The value of a number
• The opposite of a number
• The distance of a number from zero
• The multiplicative inverse of a number

What is the reason that absolute value is always written as a positive?

• Absolute value is talking about numbers so it must be positive.
• Absolute value does not always have to be positive.
• Absolute value is like a clock it has only positive numbers.
• Absolute value is talking about distance, distance is always measured by positive numbers.

Which has the same absolute value as -55?

• 0
• -1
• 1
• 55

What is the absolute value of |572|.

• 275
• -572
• 57
• 572

What is the absolute value of |-26|.

• 26
• -26
• 0
• -20

Evaluate the expression.
|1 - 5|

• 4
• -4
• -6
• 6

Evaluate the expression.
|5 + 4|

• 9
• -9
• -1
• 1

Evaluate the expression.
|-2| + |-5|

• 7
• -7
• 3
• -3

|x-3|=40

• x = 43, x = -37

• x = 43, x = -43

• x = -43, x = 37

• x = 43

|v + 8| − 5 = 2 

• {-1,-15}
• {-1,-5}
• {-15,15}
• No Solution